The Oral Presentation Explained

The oral presentation is a very important part of the Internal Assessment. It is worth 16mks. This
16 mark is divided as such:

 Discussion of the issue surrounding the topic and challenges faced while conducting the
research – 5mks
 Evaluation of the sources – 4mks
 Delivery – 4mks
 Organisation – 3mks

The purpose of this speech to the examiner is informative but you will still need to convince the
examiner that you know what you have done and that you are confident in presenting it.
Naturally, various techniques of persuasion should be used to accomplish this. Above all, bear in
mind that this presentation is intended for you to comment on the credibility, validity and
reliability of your sources of information itself and the medium and context within which this
information on the issue is presented.

The oral examination also includes an assessment of your expression and paralinguistic control.

Your oral presentation will have three main parts: an introduction, body and the conclusion.

Introduction:

 Tell what your topic is

 Give a brief background of the issue to indicate that there is a sense of controversy
surrounding it and
 Explain what are your personal reasons and motivations for having investigated that
topic. For this introduction/rationale you may score a maximum of 2 marks.

The Body

This presents the majority of your presentation and will require considerable thought and
planning to be successfully delivered.

 Discuss the challenges faced

 State four sources of information. One of which must be a primary source
- Interview/Observation, Questionnaires are Secondary focus
 Demonstrate trends in data
 Evaluate the sources

 Your presentation should be between 7-10 minutes. At this stage of your presentation,
you are advised to:
 - Give a synopsis of your different sources and the information that each has
contributed to your research. Present them in some logical order. Perhaps you
could start with the source(s) that agree(s) with the issue and then use the
comparison/contrast method to present the source(s) that disagree(s) with it.

- Next, give your evaluation of each of your sources explaining why you believe
each is qualified to give relevant information or not on the issue;

- tell specifically why you believe the information from each source is believable
and reliable or not;

- say how you believe the context each source operated in might have affected the
information they gave;

- explain how the medium in which the information was conveyed by each source
has affected the credibility of their different messages;

 use of terms such as like, similarities

 If you have used a questionnaire to collect information, explain why you think the
methodology for sampling and data collection is valid, (that is measuring what it claims
to be measuring) or not.

- For the body, you may score a maximum of 6mks

The Conclusion

Insert a conclusion, which includes:

a. A brief summary of your main points

b. A brief statement of how you have benefited from the research process

c. Recommendations/generalizations about the issue where appropriate.

NB: Use cue cards to make jottings for your presentation

DO NOT read!